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Mooney M20C (not the one we flew)

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…

Smithsonian's 1955 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon

The List: Smithsonian Takes a Road Trip

We’ve combed through the Smithsonian Institution’s collections to find the best vacation artifacts, from before the automobile to the interstate era

Your book, now with sound

E-Books Get a Soundtrack

A company called Booktrack Introduces a new kind of e-book. It plays music or sound effects to accompany your reading

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An Homage to Grant’s Raptors

Why fear Velociraptor? A plastic dinosaur recreation of a classic Jurassic Park scene explains

Squeak the Squirrel one of the many educational films available for free online

Where to Find Old Films Online, Streamed Legally and for Free

Thousands of fascinating films are available for free streaming and download, if you know where to look

Whoopie Pies

The Whoop-De-Do Over Whoopie Pies

The cakey chocolate cookie-and-frosting sandwich is now the official treat of Maine, as of an April act of the state legislature

Lockheed-Martin's Plymouth Rock mission concept

Destination: Moon or Asteroid? Part I: Operational Considerations

Chickens at a Florida farmhouse museum

14 Fun Facts About Chickens

#5: With 25 billion chickens in the world, there are more of them than any other bird species

Historypin is a website that allows users to "pin" old photographs, video or audio clips to Google Maps at the very locations they were snapped and recorded. Shown here is the Wisconsin State Capitol from 1939.

Q & A with Nick Stanhope, Creator of Historypin

By merging old photographs with new mapping technology, this site fuses new connections between the generations

"Honeyboy" Edwards' album with Smithsonian Folkways, "Mississippi Delta Bluesman"

Remembering David “Honeyboy” Edwards

Delta blues musician “Honeyboy” Edwards is dead at 96; Hear some of his music from the Smithsonian Folkways archives

Ty Cobb

The Knife in Ty Cobb’s Back

Did the baseball great really confess to murder on his deathbed?

Blackstrap molasses

Four Deadly Disasters Caused by Food

There are things you can do to prepare for a hurricane, but what about the London Beer Flood or the Boston Molasses Disaster?

Irene created a new channel across a North Carolina barrier island

Building On A Barrier Island

These accumulations of sand aren’t permanent but are home to whole communities

Hanging with Parasaurolophus at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, North Carolina

Dinosaur Sighting: Parry-sloffy

An affinity for lambeosaurine dinosaurs seems to run in the family

Flood debris on the Ohio River is halted by a dam

What Happens To A House Swept Away By A Flood?

Flood debris may circulate in ocean gyres for years

Superhero dinosaurs: Captain America as Triceratops; Tyrannosaurus as the Hulk and Compsognathus as Bruce Banner; Ankylosaurus as Thor.

David Resto and his Superhero Dinosaurs

Iron Man, the Hulk, Wolverine and other superheroes are enduring favorites, but do you know what would make them even more awesome? If they were dinosaurs

Hurricane Irene makes landfall.

Can We Do Something About This Weather?

Most climate scientists say we should expect extreme weather to happen more often in the future. Do we have to be satisfied with just being prepared?

Fish curry

Inviting Writing: Cafeteria Eating, Kolkata-style

If I had to advertise this facility, I would have touted it as “lunching amid nature and wildlife”

Come see animals like this porcupine at mealtime.

Events August 29-September 1: Zoo Cuisine, “For All the World To See,” Let’s Eat!, Apache 8

This week, see feeding time for exotic animals, get a guided tour of the Civil Rights movement and more

The Eastern Tiger Salamander has managed to survive in an inhospitable and unlikely habitat in Wisconsin.

The Salamanders that Refuse to Grow Up

In a Wisconsin reservoir, these normally terrestrial animals have managed not only to survive but to thrive underwater

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